3.4.2. Building SIMP From Tarball¶

Note

Building SIMP from a pre-built tarball is the fastest method for getting a known stable build of a SIMP ISO and should be preferred over other methods.

3.4.2.1. Getting Started¶

Warning

Please have your environment prepared as specified by Environment Preparation before continuing.

Note

You do not need mock on your system if you are generating an ISO based on the SIMP Tarball!

Download the SIMP release tarball, found on our SIMP artifacts repository.

Download the latest tarball according to your needs. If you are not sure what version you need, check the SIMP Version Guide.

The latest 6.0.0-0 release (for CentOS 6)

The latest 6.0.0-0 release (for CentOS 7)

The latest checksums

3.4.2.2. Generating The ISO!¶

Change into the simp-core directory and make sure you are on the correct branch for your target SIMP version:

$ cd simp-core
$ git checkout tags/6.0.0-0 # for SIMP 6

Run bundle install to make sure that all of the build tools and dependencies are installed and up to date:

$ bundle install

Make sure all of the source materials that were downloaded above are in your current working directory.

Run the build:auto rake task to create a bootable ISO:

Note

Do not add any whitespace before or after the commas. This is an artifact of using rake.

$ bundle exec rake build:auto[<directory containing source ISOs>,<SIMP version>,<path to tarball>]

For example:

$ # for SIMP 6 and CentOS 7
$ bundle exec rake build:auto[.,6.X,SIMP-6.0.0-0-Overlay-EL-7-x86_64.tar.gz]

$ # for SIMP 6 and CentOS 6
$ bundle exec rake build:auto[.,6.X,SIMP-6.0.0-0-Overlay-EL-6-x86_64.tar.gz]

Once the process completes, you should have a bootable SIMP ISO ready for installation!